ORLANDO CORPORATION DONATES $50-MILLION – THE LARGEST IN OUR HISTORY TO WRITE A NEW STORY FOR SCARBOROUGH

On September 28, 2022, SHN welcomed the largest donation in our history from Orlando Corporation. Their incredible $50 million gift will usher in a new era of equitable healthcare, helping to update and expand our hospitals to match the world-class care we provide. Orlando Corporation’s donation will help redevelop our Birchmount Hospital to put it at the forefront of equitable, leading-edge patient care for the growing community, housing the Orlando Corporation Emergency Department. It will also support our most urgent and emerging needs, including removing barriers to mental health care, by creating the Orlando Corporation Mental Health Centre of Excellence across SHN.

A portion of Orlando Corporation’s $50 million gift to SHN is a pledge by Orlando to match, dollar for dollar, donations from the community. $15 million of their generous gift will be matched and support SHN’s areas of greatest need.

In addition to making a $50 million donation to SHN, Orlando also supported the Scarborough Academy of Integrated Health, a new partnership between SHN and the University of Toronto Scarborough.

“Scarborough Health Network and the University of Toronto are two institutions that can help make this goal a reality, and we’re pleased to be able to support them.”

BLAIR WOLK President, Orlando Corporation

Thanks to the generosity of Orlando Corporation, SHN will begin to reimagine our Birchmount Hospital and “Build It Forward” for our community. Orlando’s gift will transform emergency care at Birchmount, establish SHN as a Mental Health Centre of Excellence, and create a best-in-class cardiac unit.

Scarborough needs a dramatic expansion of health services, and thanks to provincial support and the generosity of Orlando Corporation, we are rewriting our story. The new Birchmount Hospital will bring the infrastructure and equipment to our community to match our exceptional medical and clinical talent.